We will be doing an end of the year project. You will be required to make a personal version of the video we watched in class that applies to you and the events in your lifetime.
We Didn’t Start the Fire Video
As discussed in class you may work with a partner and the project will be due next Tuesday and Wednesday. You will have classtime to work on it everyday until then, I have the laptop lab reserved for us each day.
Here are a few resources for timelines to find events….
Keep up the hard work non our study guide/web-quest over the IL Const. I will be checking Lessons 6-10 on Thursday in class and then we will study for you test.
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lesson 1 – 2,5
lesson 2 – 2,7
lesson 3 – 1-4,6-11,14-16,19-21
lesson 4 – 1,2,4-6
lesson 5 – 1,2,5-7,10-13
lesson 6 – 6-10,13
lesson 7 – 1-3,7
lesson 8 – 1,6,9
lesson 9 – 1
lesson 10 – 1,2
know elected officials from the Executive Branch
we live in Kankakee County
and the state symbols will be EC
This test is only LIX ?’s long and will be taken of Friday by those of you that are there, others need to schedule a time to take the test outside of class.
Keep up with your webquest/packet that we have been working on in class. You need to have all sections through 5 done for class on Monday. We will discuss the first 6 sections in class on Monday and finish the packet in class on Tuesday. Wed we will review lessons 6-12 and then on Thursday we will review for the whole constitution test.
There is no quiz this week, however you will be taking the Illinois Constitution test NEXT Friday, so I recommend tyhat you use your packet to study from.
We will have our weekly quiz tomorrow, it will be over all the notes we have taken so far. It will cover 85% of the constitution test and will be a good indicator or where you stand.
We will be finishing up with an activity abou the Presidential Cabinet on Monday, then we will review Tuesday and Wednesday with the test on Thursday.
With Spring break upcoming and since many of you will be traveling, I am posting your weekly quiz on here and passing it out in class on Thursday. It is due Mon Apr. 2 and you will have class time on Friday to work on it if you are here.
Below you will also find links to the videos we used in class, and to the note pages that went along with them.
Enjoy your break! See you on Tuesday Apr. 2, maybe it will be warmer by then!
All soldier casualties: 22-25 million
Holocaust casualties: 14+ million Jews and others
Nuclear casualties in Japan: 150,000-250,000
ETA 3 Study GuideAs the end of ISAT and the 3rd quarter near, I am posting the study guide for your 3rd ETA…
not every single key point on the Study Guide will appear on your test, but most will.
Happy Valentine’s Day….
Tomorrow for your quiz be prepared to explain why Germany accepted Adolf Hitler and the Nazis as the leaders in Germany. Be sure to include examples of the social, political and economic factors/motivators of the German people.
And compare and contrast the difference between the Nazi propaganda from before the war to the propaganda that was produced and distributed during the war.
For EC: Tell me about the Nacht der langen Messer or “Night of the long Knives” and the Kristallnacht or “Night of the Broken Glass” (copying from your notes will not get you credit on this)
info page – http://www.schoolhistory.co.uk/year9links/riseofhitler/Hitlertopower.pdf
posters – http://www.calvin.edu/academic/cas/gpa/posters1.htm
timeline – http://fcit.usf.edu/holocaust/timeline/nazirise.htm
The middle link has examples of posters that the Nazi’s used as propoganda, just draw or write a single sheet.
Know the following about Hoover’s successor as president:
1) what did FDR do before he became president?
2) know the story of FDR’s election.
3) what was his plan to “fix” the Great depression?
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Memorial Day
No School
Teacher Institute, if no more snow days are used
No School
4th Quarter Ends, if no more snow days are used
Last Day of School, if no more snow days are used
Dismiss at 1:55
Grant Park Middle School Library at 7:00PM
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